Lamp apparatus for vehicles.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

G. 0. P'YLB.

LAMP APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1906.

eorg QPY UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

LAMP APPARATUS FOR vEmeLEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed June 7,1906. Serial No. 320.536.

and I balanced-lamp construction and with a readanced by said pivotedframe.

ily removable lam -bracket. The lamp is carried immediate y by a pivotedyokeshaped frame and away from the pivotal point, so'that the lamp issubstantially bal- This pivoted yoke-like frame is mounted on astationary yoke-like support. Means are provided for clamping thepivoted lamp-holding frame on said support, but in a balanced position,so that if saidclamping means becomes loosened by the jar of theautomobile the lamp will still be maintained in its horizontal positionby the counter effect of the pivotal portion of the frame. I'Ieretoforein the constructions of which I am aware the lamp turns from ahorizontal to a vertical position when the means tl" at carries itbecomes loosened by the jar of the machine. This and the other featuresof the invention will be more fully understood from the accompanyingdrawings and. the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the forward portion ofan automobile with a lamp in place, the remainder of the automobilebeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a pers ective view of a total means forcarrying the amp. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The lamp-supporting means or bracket is secured to the dashboard 11 ofthe automobile 10. The lamp 12 may be in any usual support 13 has acentral form, that shown having on each side an ear 33, adaptedto slipdown over pins on the supporting-bracket.

. This invention does not relate to the autd mobile or lamp, for it maybe used in connection with any usual sty e of automobile or lamp.

I make a yoke-shaped stationar 13 for carrying a pivotal frame 14, .avmgon it vertical ins 15, that project through the ears 33 of t e lamp whenit is in place. The

downwardly-extending rod 16, that is clam ed between the plates 17,thatis secured to t e bar 11 by the bolts support 18 and the cl amping-plate19, that is clamped in place by the set-screws 20. This means formountlng the lamp-bracket enables it to be removed during daylight useof the autoi mobile by merely loosening the screws 20 and readilyinsertible for use at night.

Each arm of the stationary support 13 at its upper end is divided intotwo parts 21 and 22, like a split ear spaced apart for pivoting the sidearm or portion of the pivotal frame 14. The pivot is a screw 23, thatwhen tightened draws the ears 21 and 22 toward each other and clamps thearm of the pivotal frame 14 between them. At the inner end of the frame14 there is a hand-knob 24.

It is observed that the great weight and bulk of the frame 14 is at oneside of the pivotal points thereof and that the pins 15 for the lamp areon the other side of the pivotal points, but near thereto, so that thelamp when in place w ill be counterbalanced by the pivotal frame 14 andsaid frame and lamp be maintained in substantially a horizontal positionby brackets. Normally the screvis 23 are tightened, so as to clamp saidframe 14 screws should become loosened by the jar of the automobile saidframe 14 ill continue to i hold the lamp in a substantially horizontalposition instead of turning skyward like the constructions of the kindheretofore in use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of a lamp, a lampbracket for vehicles consisting of avertically extending yoke-shaped member mounted on the vehicle, ahorizontally-disposed yokeshaped member viith the arms thereofpivotcdbetween their ends on the-arms of said vertically-disposedmember, and means for clamping said two members together, said. lampbeing mounted on the ends of the arms of said horizontal member inposition to substantially balance the other end of said member.

2.; A lam -bracket for vehicles consisting of a vertica ly-disposedhorizontally-oscillatory yoke-shaped member with its two sides extendingupward;'a yoke-shaped horizontallyedisposed vertically-oscillatorymember with its sides pivoted in the upper part of the other member andwith relatively short ends to one side of the pivotal point, andupwardly-extending ins on the short portions of said horizontal memberfor holding a lamp, substantially as set forth.

in a horizontal position; but in case said through said ears andhorizontal member for 3. A lamp-bracket for vehicles consisting pivotingand clamping t]:e same together, ofayoke-shaped vertically-disposedmember i and upwnrd1y-exten ii11g pins on ti 0 siiort with its sidesextending upward and proportions of said horizontal member for11o1dvizled at their upper ends uith pairs of paring a lamp. allel ears,a horizontal yoke-shaped member In nitness whereof I have ]:ereuntoeflixed with the sides pivoted between said ears at my signature in t1;epresence of tie iinesses points slightly removed from the extreme hereinnamed. V 7 ends of slid horizontal member so there ill GEORGE C. 11112.. be short portions of said member to one side Witnesses: of thepivotal points, clamp-screws extending N. ALLEMONG,

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